Housing Demolition

[white_mage]

If the house was so frequently used, why did you specifically not enter it even once over the course of 45 days?

Classic response.

In my original post, I stated that we use the front yard daily. We stand out front in the housing ward, use the market board, feed the chocobos, use the garden. My partner is constantly updating her room, going in and out of the home on a daily basis as well.

After 6 years, I had finished what I wanted to achieve with the interior design. I repair my own gear, so I don't need the repair attendant, and I purchase stacks of 900 catalysts so I did not need to visit the crystal vendor.

You can 'gottem' all you like, but if you carefully read the circumstances, the system claimed a frequently used home. I'm not here for sympathy from people like you. I'm here to provide feedback so that people who juggle life, friendships, career, and multiple communities don't lose what they cherish to a sideways system.

Thanks for your response,

[Nezerius]

In my original post, I stated that we use the front yard daily. We stand out front in the housing ward, use the market board, feed the chocobos, use the garden. My partner is constantly updating her room, going in and out of the home on a daily basis as well.

Oh, I didn't miss the part in your post where you said you used the front yard. But that's not enough to retain a house, as the auto-demolition system can't register usage based on front yard usage. Hence my question on why you specifically didn't enter the house over the course of 1.5 months.

After 6 years, I had finished what I wanted to achieve with the interior design. I repair my own gear, so I don't need the repair attendant, and I purchase stacks of 900 catalysts so I did not need to visit the crystal vendor.

After 6 years, I'd have expected someone to at least have run into housing demolition drama enough to find out about the requirements of resetting the demolition timer.

You can 'gottem' all you like, but if you carefully read the circumstances, the system claimed a frequently used home. I'm not here for sympathy from people like you. I'm here to provide feedback so that people who juggle life, friendships, career, and multiple communities don't lose what they cherish to a sideways system.

A post that doesn't sugarcoat words, nor includes the age-old "Yea, the system sucks" is now considered to be 'gottem' post? It was a genuine question, because that's the only way the current system registers usage. Based on your OP, everyone could see that the plot was being used, but that doesn't matter if the system in charge of demolition can't.
And yea, the housing system does suck. Everyone here knows it sucks. I'm sure even the devs know that the NA/EU playerbase thinks it sucks. But it's not looking like they're changing it any time soon.

[Staria8]

I TOTALLY empathise with you, it was such a simple mistake because of the limitations on housing, I think this could happen to anyone with multiple houses due to fine print or whatever reason.

I was just chatting to a designer and I log in every 40 days to maintain my one private house. But I'm on Materia and everytime I log in it's so QUIET and LOTS OF EMPTY PLOTS. I go into the HGXIV disc channel for Materia to check out designs every so often and some that are a few months old... I check up on about 7-8 of them and more than half were demolished!

I propose the solution as at the 45 day mark, it can be open for the public to bid. If someone wants that plot and the owner has not stepped inside in that time, it can be automatically sold and relinquished as usual. If nobody bids, that means the demand is not there and that person can keep the house and still make the place look active and if the house is designed - it's still there for people to be inspired as intended. Sometimes the house isn't designed by the owner. Imagine coming to a ward and it almost empty... that's the sad state of my entire district and I'm on the unofficial RP server, Sophia.

With this proposed solution, you receive a FINAL email alerting you that it's after the 45 days stating that the plot is up for sale and will be relinquished as soon as someone bids after the 45 days, Surely the final email with direct instructions would have prevented this unwanted situation for everyone. This would not have happened to you because nobody would have bid on it as you are standing outside! I just wish this were the case as i went to the trouble of finding empty plots :'( (designed places that were auto-demo'd)

What do you guys think? If they can give us islands, this would be a small ask...instead of auto-demolition, let it be auto Open House, but design still intact until the hammer drops. SE PLEASE REPLACE AUTO-DEMOLITION WITH AUTO OPEN HOUSE. It seriously needs a review...

[Staria8]

I made a post here for Auto Open House, please upvote! Every little bit helps the community and the game and in turn the developers etc. There would be less unhappy people at no real cost to SE, I believe. But would make the game look active if anything!

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...66#post6461966